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cheapest cable upgrade ever

I have recently been playing with a very cheap upgrade of signal carrying cables: Attach one or two 1.5V AAA batteries with the ‘-‘ pole in the direction of the signal’s source. Simple strapping on with electrical tape) suffices, no need to connect anything. The benefits are very audible. The weak electric field conditions the outer layer of the conductor to improve electron flow, resulting in a strong increase in transparency and dimensionality. This works particularly well on the digital cable going into the router and streamer as well as the speaker cables (on the latter ‘+’ alligns with plus and ‘-‘ with minus, i.e. two batteries per single post speaker.

At a minimum it is a low cost bit of fun

antigrunge2
antigrunge2 OP
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@rumi 

An electric field inside the battery builds up, pointing from the + terminal to the − terminal. This field opposes the motion of H+ ions — they cannot cross to the + terminal, and the reaction stops. When the terminals are connected by a conductor, on the other hand, electrons freely flow to the + terminal.

 

Just try it, it won’t kill you nor your wallet

audioguy85's avatar
audioguy85
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I don't care whether AQ's dbs works or not...I just like that it exists, lol...I'm not going to fret about it as I already bought a Thunder cable years ago and still in use...however, I must say that I think it made my system quieter....or maybe it's my imagination. 

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curiousjim
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Audioquest runs one wire down the length of their cables. I’m sure that makes all the difference!

😜

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tcotruvo
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Can you imagine the guy sitting in a Roman bath, telling his friends that the world is round?  There are some things we understand and some we don’t.  If a battery isn’t electrical, what happens to the charge when a battery has been sitting in a drawer for a few years?  It must be doing something.  I think the post was fun, and have no idea if it makes any sense.

marqmike
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I appreciate the sharing and the post antigrunge2. Thanks I will try it, because it is so easy. Thanks again.

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